This is a sad tale about my setting up a 21.5" IPS monitor for use with my MSO5074.
I bought an Asus VZ229HE 22" for $100 from Newegg and it arrived on Monday. I got it set up and, apart from the issue that sometimes the HDMI doesn't work and you have to restart the scope (fixed in the latest firmware apparently) I had it working (see first picture).
Today I was messing around trying to think how I would best position the monitor with respect to the scope and I put it behind the scope, balanced on the plie of wires back there. I went upstairs for a pee and when I came back down, the monitor had fallen forward, knocked the MSO5000 off the shelf, and then fallen on top of everything. Luckily the MSO5000 survived with a small mark in the plastic at the top right but everything seems to work just fine. The monitor too had a small mark top right but it was fucked (see second picture). To add to my woes, the stuff landed on top of my GNSS PCB and serial PCB and bent the header pins right over.
Lessons learned:
1. Never balance stuff on a rats nest of wires when there's $1,000s of test gear at stake.
2. The Asus VZ229HE 22" is pretty flimsy as monitors go, there's barely a mark on it and it's fucked.
I submitted a claim to Mastercard which involved me filling in forms with my life story and a copy of my passport (seriously!) so I'll let you know how that goes.
I will replace the monitor and upgrade the firmware on the MSO5000. As you can see, the 1280x720 @ 60Hs leaves a 1" black band around the Asus VZ229HE 22"'s screen, now I'm thinking of a Asus VA24EHE 24" which is only $10 more and seems to be able to display 1280x720 @ 60Hz in full screen.
I know, if I want sympathy, I'll find it between shit and syphilis in the dictionary - time to start drinking.